Lloyd,
Rand Paul’s statements and positions removed any respect he may have had coming. He deserves to be treated with the contempt of any Dem or RINO that takes the positions he has. Respect is earned than he did the polar opposite of earning it.
Now if one is a Democrat, then I can see respecting him since he and they share many values. But Rand and conservatives now have little in common.
a lot of folks will argue that there was not very much that rand paul ever had in common with real conservatism.